Labor & Employment Counsel

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Moss is a national privately held construction firm providing innovative solutions resulting in award-winning projects. With regional offices across the United States Moss focuses on construction management solar EPC and design-build. The companys diverse portfolio encompasses a wide range of sectors including luxury high-rise residential landmark mixed-use developments hospitality K-12 and higher education justice solar energy and battery storage and sports. Moss is ranked by Engineering News-Record as the nations top solar contractor and one of the top 50 general contractors. Moss prides itself on a strong entrepreneurial culture that honors safety quality client engagement and employee development. Its employees consistently rank Moss as one of the best places to work.

POSITION SCOPE AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT

We are seeking an experienced Labor & Employment Counsel to join our Legal team and serve as the primary legal advisor on labor and employment matters across the organization. This attorney will lead the companys approach to employment and labor law compliance workplace risk management labor strategy employment-related policies and practices and associated legal matters.

This role will work in close partnership with Human Resources including HR Compliance and will collaborate regularly with business leaders and external counsel. The ideal candidate brings deep management-side labor and employment law expertise strong business judgment and a practical solutions-oriented approach. This attorney will be expected to serve as a trusted advisor who can provide day-to-day counseling on HR related issues provide internal training to Human Resources on key areas of employment law and best practices develop proactive legal and labor relations strategy manage complex matters and help strengthen the organizations overall employment and labor posture.

This is a highly collaborative role for an attorney who can operate effectively at both the strategic and tactical levels and who is comfortable partnering across functions to support business objectives while managing legal risk.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the primary legal advisor on all labor and employment matters affecting the organization
• Provide practical timely and business-focused legal counsel on a broad range of employment law issues including employee relations workplace policies and practices performance management and discipline hiring and terminations reductions in force and reorganizations wage and hour compliance leave and accommodation matters discrimination harassment and retaliation issues investigations and other workplace risk matters
• Advise on labor relations matters including union-related strategy collective bargaining issues grievances labor disputes and unfair labor practice matters
• Develop proactive labor strategies and provide guidance on employee relations approaches designed to support a positive union-free environment consistent with applicable law
• Partner closely with Human Resources and HR Compliance to ensure employment practices policies and procedures are legally compliant operationally sound and aligned with business needs
• Conduct or oversee internal investigations involving employee complaints workplace misconduct and other sensitive employment matters and advise on appropriate remediation
• Support and oversee responses to administrative charges demand letters litigation arbitrations and agency matters including matters before the EEOC DOL NLRB and applicable state or local agencies
• Manage outside counsel on employment and labor matters including litigation administrative proceedings and specialized advisory matters with an emphasis on strong outcomes and cost-effective case management
• Review draft and advise on employment-related policies agreements investigation materials training content and other workplace-related documentation
• Design and deliver training for HR professionals managers and business leaders on labor and employment law topics legal risk and best practices
• Monitor developments in federal state and local labor and employment laws and translate those developments into actionable guidance for the organization
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal Human Resources Compliance and business leadership to identify risk support sound decision-making and strengthen the organizations employment and labor practices

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active membership in good standing in at least one state bar
• Significant experience practicing management-side labor and employment law
• Experience with a national management-side labor and employment law firm strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience advising employers on both employment counseling and labor relations matters
• Demonstrated management-side labor relations experience including advising on union-related matters labor strategy and proactive employee relations approaches designed to support a positive union-free environment consistent with applicable law
• Strong knowledge of applicable federal and state labor and employment laws including those relating to discrimination harassment retaliation wage and hour leave accommodations and labor relations
• Experience managing employment litigation administrative charges investigations and other labor and employment matters in partnership with external counsel
• Proven ability to assess legal and reputational risk provide practical legal advice and influence business decisions in a collaborative and credible manner
• Experience partnering closely with Human Resources and training leaders on workplace law compliance and risk prevention
• Excellent legal judgment communication and relationship-management skills
• Strong drafting analytical organizational and project-management abilities
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive matters with discretion professionalism and sound judgment
• Experience in an in-house legal department supporting a multi-state employer
• Experience advising on labor strategy union campaigns collective bargaining issues grievance matters and unfair labor practice claims
• Experience developing and delivering training for HR teams managers and business leaders
• Experience supporting organizations with complex employee relations environments across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience supporting employers in the construction or energy industry preferred
• Bring deep substantive expertise in labor and employment law
• Serve as the organizations lead legal advisor for labor and employment matters
• Operate as a trusted partner to HR HR Compliance and business leaders
• Provide practical business-oriented legal advice that balances risk and operational realities
• Proactively identify issues before they escalate into claims disputes or broader organizational risk
• Work effectively with external counsel while maintaining strong internal ownership of strategy and outcomes
• Help strengthen the organizations employment practices leader capability compliance posture and labor relations strategy

JOB TITLE: LABOR & EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL

JOB LOCATION: FORT LAUDERDALE FL

CLASSIFICATION: FULL TIME EXEMPT SALARIED

REPORTS TO: CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

Moss is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.